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Outstanding Young Alumni Q&A: Melinda Bell

Tue, Sep 10, 2024

Melinda Bell, advisor and co-owner of Cochran Bell Wealth and Tax Strategy, is a 2024 Spears Business Outstanding Young Alumni award recipient.

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Norris selected to lead Wayne Hirst Center for Beverage Education

Thu, Sep 05, 2024

Dr. Cortney Norris was recently named the Naifeh and RNDC Director of the Wayne Hirst Center for Beverage Education at Oklahoma State University’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM).

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Outstanding Young Alumni Q&A: Bob Ault

Tue, Sep 03, 2024

Bob Ault, the CEO and co-founder of Redbud Partners, is a 2024 Spears Business Outstanding Young Alumni award recipient.

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Spears Business students distinguished as inaugural Tom Love Scholars

Tue, Aug 27, 2024

Twenty Spears School of Business students received recognition as Oklahoma State University’s inaugural Tom Love Scholars on Sunday evening during the annual Dean’s Scholarship Banquet, where awards totaled $2.9 million.

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Ahead of the game: Wiese named to Spears Business Hall of Fame

Fri, Aug 23, 2024

Carl Wiese is a 2024 Spears Business Hall of Fame inductee. After helping several prominent tech companies navigate change, he’s giving back to the school that launched his career.

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Dean of all trades: Eastman named to Spears Business Hall of Fame

Tue, Aug 20, 2024

Dr. Ken Eastman is a 2024 Spears Business Hall of Fame inductee. As the Spears Business dean for a decade, he drew upon his eclectic background to inspire students, faculty and staff.

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Spears Business enrollment soars to record numbers again

Mon, Aug 19, 2024

The Spears School of Business has enrolled more than 1,000 freshmen for the first day of the 2024-25 school year, setting a Spears record and contributing to an Oklahoma State University milestone.

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A caring Cowboy: Ditzler named to Spears Business Hall of Fame

Tue, Aug 13, 2024

Eddy Ditzler is a 2024 Spears Business Hall of Fame inductee. Throughout an accomplished accounting career at Grant Thornton, he always stayed close to his OSU roots.

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Four distinguished leaders to be inducted into Spears Business Hall of Fame

Wed, Jul 24, 2024

OSU’s Spears School of Business will induct Vickie Carr, Eddy Ditzler, Dr. Ken Eastman and Carl Wiese into the school’s Hall of Fame on Oct. 4. Bob Ault, Melinda Bell and Paul Heerwagen IV will be recognized as Outstanding Young Alumni.

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Spears alumnus Healey builds real estate investment firm 20 years after unique OSU experience

Mon, Jul 22, 2024

From Detroit to Stillwater, Damon Healey’s OSU journey reinforced his love for entrepreneurship. Twenty years later, the Spears Business graduate uses that experience to run Eternal Companies, his commercial real estate investment firm.

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Teams compete for $43,000 in Rural Health Innovation Challenge

Tue, Jul 02, 2024

Oklahoma State University's Center for Health Systems Innovation and the Public Health Institute of Oklahoma awarded $43,000 in prize money to the winners of the Rural Health Innovation Challenge on June 20 at the Tandy Medical Center at OSU Tulsa.

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CHSI partnership makes impact on safety and quality of health care

Mon, Jun 10, 2024

The Center for Health Systems Innovation at Oklahoma State University recently teamed up with the Leapfrog Group (LFG) to help make widespread, direct impacts on the quality and safety of health care across the country.

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